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Raynaud's phenomenon

Attacks of powerful contractions of the arteries of the hands and fingers. Symptoms are loss of sensibility and white fingers. Attacks may be elicited by cold weather, stress, or electric shock.

Reduced blood supply to the brain

Common suffering in old age caused by atherosclerosis. May cause faintness, impaired short-time memory, confusion, headache, blurry sight, and buzzing of the ears.

Failure of the kidneys to filtrate the blood and excrete waste products. When renal filtration is reduced, toxins and fluid accumulate in the bloodstream and other body tissues, leading to poisoning and oedema.

Restless legs syndrome (RLS)

Characterized by a strong restlessness and a need to move your feet with a creeping, prickling, stinging, or painful feeling that primarily occurs in the calves in the evening and around bedtime.

Retinopathy

Generic term of degenerative diseases in the retina. May be caused by trauma, infection, allergy, diabetes, atherosclerosis, or high blood pressure.

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, autoimmune disease which attacks the body's synovial membranes and joints but also other parts of the body. The disease can cease but often leaves behind side effects such as chronic handicaps.

Rosacea

Inflammatory skin disease, most common for women above 30. The rash is dominant in the facial area; on the nose, cheeks, and forehead. Protection of the skin against sun, coldness, and windy weather is part of the treatment.

Rubella - German measles

Rubella is a "classical" children's disease; a viral infection with reddish-brown spots on the skin and swollen lymph nodes in the back of the head.